GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| invalid | not valid: |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |